Contradictions and Paradoxes in Nehemiah 7:33

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Nehemiah 7:33 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Nehemiah 7:33. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Nehemiah, this verse lists the number of people from a place called Nebo who came back to their home. It shows how people were coming together to rebuild their city and community.

Nehemiah 7:33: The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 7:10

Nehemiah 7:33 lists people returning from exile, whereas 2 Samuel 7:10 speaks of God giving Israel a place where they will not be moved, which implies permanence rather than exile and return.

2 Samuel 7:10: Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

Contradiction with Joshua 21:43

Nehemiah 7:33 involves returning to a land from which they were exiled, while Joshua 21:43 states that God gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give to their ancestors, suggesting fulfillment and settlement rather than dispossession and return.

Joshua 21:43: And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 25:11

Nehemiah 7:33 describes those returning from exile, whereas Jeremiah 25:11 prophesies the land becoming desolate and serving Babylon, indicating exile and desolation.

Jeremiah 25:11: And this whole land shall be a desolation, [and] an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Contradiction with Isaiah 14:1

Nehemiah 7:33 records a return to the land, while Isaiah 14:1 speaks of God having mercy and choosing Israel again, implying divine choice rather than human return activities.

Isaiah 14:1: For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Contradiction with Psalm 37:29

Nehemiah 7:33 documents a return to the land, whereas Psalm 37:29 mentions that the righteous shall inherit the land and dwell therein forever, suggesting permanence rather than exile and return.

Psalm 37:29: The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
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